Some of the soldiers around them shift uncomfortably at Gideon's comments, but they keep their faces forward and remain silent.
Lenore just shrugs. "Sure. Men could run their own shit and stop trying to oppress and assault women all the time. That'd be nice. Maybe humans could let animals run their own shit and stop eating them and riding them around, as long as we're all minding our own business. Maybe all the different nations of the world could stop having wars and we could all just be nice to each other and people could stop stealing and murdering and all that nonsense altogether. I'd be out of a job, because my entire job is trying to talk all these fucking murderous vampires and murderous humans and don't even get me started on those fucking wolfmen, trying to talk everyone into playing nice. If I'm right about this mayor who seized power and he's using his power to bully the locals, we should just let him do that and just hope real hard that then he decides to use his increased and unrestrained power to never bother anyone ever again and certainly doesn't decide that maybe he'd like to rule the region? The real world isn't as simple as 'good guys' and 'bad guys', Gideon. Don't be childish." Gideon talked sass in front of the soldiers, so she's getting upbraided in front of them. Lenore gives her a scolding look. "If you don't like the way the world is, then go on and pray to whatever deity Drearburh believes created the world, and maybe he'll come down and take away all the shit, just for you."
Lenore has to acknowledge that her temper may have gotten away with her just a little bit on that one, but she's not sorry for it. The silence all around them is resounding.
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Lenore just shrugs. "Sure. Men could run their own shit and stop trying to oppress and assault women all the time. That'd be nice. Maybe humans could let animals run their own shit and stop eating them and riding them around, as long as we're all minding our own business. Maybe all the different nations of the world could stop having wars and we could all just be nice to each other and people could stop stealing and murdering and all that nonsense altogether. I'd be out of a job, because my entire job is trying to talk all these fucking murderous vampires and murderous humans and don't even get me started on those fucking wolfmen, trying to talk everyone into playing nice. If I'm right about this mayor who seized power and he's using his power to bully the locals, we should just let him do that and just hope real hard that then he decides to use his increased and unrestrained power to never bother anyone ever again and certainly doesn't decide that maybe he'd like to rule the region? The real world isn't as simple as 'good guys' and 'bad guys', Gideon. Don't be childish." Gideon talked sass in front of the soldiers, so she's getting upbraided in front of them. Lenore gives her a scolding look. "If you don't like the way the world is, then go on and pray to whatever deity Drearburh believes created the world, and maybe he'll come down and take away all the shit, just for you."
Lenore has to acknowledge that her temper may have gotten away with her just a little bit on that one, but she's not sorry for it. The silence all around them is resounding.